Sectorgame

Or, rather, gums. Not sure how but after some mild tooth ache prompted a visit to Mr Pain I've been told my gums are pretty much knackered.
10 years and I'll start loosing teeth unless I pamper my mouth (gotta learn how to floss over the next week).

Wouldn't mind but I brush my knashers religiously (I hate dealing with dental pain) and I still end up in the last chance saloon. I have buddies who don't look after their teeth, haven't been to the docs in 20 years and they never get problems.

Lucky Twats.

's what they say about the British and their teeth...

Ahh, that's where the stereotype comes from.

It's the one problem with a Nationalised Health Service. Americans hear a lot about the fact that British do not visit the Dentist, and not enough about why

In the US, when a tooth needs a crown, it gets a crown, you pay the money, they do the work, and if it hurts, you sue. In the UK, an uncrowned tooth will need fillings, this has lead to situations where some Dentists continue filling the tooth long beyond the point where it is worth doing. Sometimes this is at the customers request, it is cheaper in the short term, but in the long term, they will still have to get a crown, on top of all the fillings, also, some Dentists have even been caught using this as a form of income - once crowned, you can't charge for any more fillings on that tooth.

Secondly, if a Dentist hurts us in the UK, tough, and a lot of dentists never seem to figure out that shoving a metal spike into a hole in a tooth and saying 'Does that hurt?' will only ever have one answer.

I say this with the confidence of someone who brushes and flosses twice a day, and has to go to Dental Hospital in London for check-ups once a year because he had dental surgery years ago, and yet still has 10 Crowns in his mouth.

A savage land we live in, aye.

I could probably use some pointers when it comes to flossing. Do you do all your teeth as it's really hard to get beyonf the front 4 or 5....?

The trick is to 'lasso' the tooth and then floss left/right, you obviously can't do a forward backward motion on the double teeth with floss, so just floss toward the centre of the jaw, as long as the floss gets between the teeth, that's what's important.

One other hint, floss before brushing, it's actually more effective that way, since flossing isn't perfect, but brushing will rinse between the teeth after you've flossed them.

hmmn, I'll give that a try!

Flossing, brushing and listerine twice a day. You should be fine.

Do pay attention on how to brush too. It's useless if you don't brush the right way

that's probably what it's been as I use to rush brushing. My dentist said mouthwash is a con, btw.

and was he\she a pro? Heh, sorry for the bad pun...

What you need is a fluoride rinse, not a mouthwash. Restores weak spots in your enamel, plus kills germs. Works well for me.

That's not a bad idea, Top Gun. Keep in mind not to eat anything for about 30 minutes after using that though. You don't have to over dose your system with fluoride

I went to the dentist on Friday. I didn't even need a scale and polish, as my teeth are in good condition. No decay or hard plaque to be seen. I didn't keep them in good condition in the past, so the damage from then is still around (two fillings and a dent in a tooth from decay), but considering the present condition that's acceptable. No wisdom teeth either.

I was sure I had posted on this thread...